Diospyros

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
     A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam
           are so called; also the {Olneya Tesota}, a small tree


           of Arizona; in the West Indies, the {Erythroxylon
           areolatum}, and several other unrelated trees; in
           China, the {Metrosideros vera}; in India, the {Mesua
           ferrea}, and two species of {Inga}; in Australia, the
           {Eucalyptus Sideroxylon}, and in many countries,
           species of {Sideroxylon} and {Diospyros}, and many
           other trees.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Diospyros
       n : a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable
           wood [syn: {genus Diospyros}]